The Englishman's Boy

The Englishman's Boy is a novel by Guy Vanderhaeghe, published in 1996 by McClelland and Stewart, which won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction in 1996 and was nominated for the Giller Prize. It deals with the events of the Cypress Hills Massacre (1873) as told 50 years later to a young screenwriter in Hollywood by the last living survivor.

The Englishman's Boy

Trade Paperback Edition
Author	Guy Vanderhaeghe
Language	English
Subject	Language, arts
Genre	historical fiction
Publisher	McClelland & Stewart
Publication date	14 September 1996
Publication place	Canada
Media type	Hardcover and Paperback
Pages	333
ISBN	0-7710-8693-8
OCLC	35941592

Television film

The Englishman's Boy
Written by	Guy Vanderhaeghe
Screenplay by	Guy Vanderhaeghe
Directed by	John N. Smith
Starring	Bob Hoskins Nicholas Campbell Michael Therriault R. H. Thomson Michael Eisner Katharine Isabelle
Theme music composer	Rob Bryanton Todd Bryanton
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer	Kevin DeWalt
Running time	180 minutes
Production company	Minds Eye Entertainment
Budget	$11.7 million
Original release
Network	CBC
Release	2 March (2008-03-02) – 9 March 2008 (2008-03-09)

On 2 March 2008, The Englishman's Boy premiered as a made-for-television film on CBC with a budget of $11.7 million.^[1] The film won six Gemini Awards: Best Dramatic Mini-Series; John N. Smith as director; Nicholas Campbell as leading actor; Katharine Isabelle as supporting actress; Carmen Kotyk, for casting; and Beverley Wowchuk for costumes.^[2][3]

In November 2017 the TV film was released on the Canada Media Fund Encore+ YouTube channel.